Fremont County COVID-19 Dashboard
Announcements
Schedule Your COVID-19 Vaccine Online
2021-02-11 | Fremont County Department of Public Health & Environment
Individuals can now pre-register for vaccinations with PrepMod, the State of Colorado's mass vaccination system. Prep Mod is a scheduling system that is now being utilized across the State of Colorado. The system will allow appointments to be scheduled by eligible individuals. Prep Mod will let Fremont County residents go online, fill out their personal information, sign proper COVID-19 vaccine consent forms, and select a date and time that best fits their schedule. Fremont County residents can schedule their COVID-19 Vaccine appointment online when it is time for their eligibility group. If assistance is needed to schedule a COVID-19 vaccination,... Read More
Updated to Include More People in Phase 1B
2020-12-30 | Fremont County Department of Public Health & Environment
Colorado’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan has been updated to include people age 70 and older and some essential frontline workers in Phase 1B Wednesday December 30, 2020 Governor Polis announced changes in the COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) had been working to fine-tune a phased approach to vaccine distribution in order to save lives and end the crisis that has been brought on by the pandemic as quickly as possible. Updates to the vaccine distribution plan include an expansion of phase 1B and changes to the age ranges under phases 2 and... Read More
Attention Homeowners and Renters affected by COVID-19
2020-05-30 | Fremont County Department of Public Health & Environment
Upper Arkansas Area Council of Governments (UAACOG) has assistance available to help with mortgage or rent payments. Central Colorado Housing (a program of UAACOG) offers a wide variety of programs to help individuals achieve self-sufficiency through housing. This assistance is available to homeowners and renters in Chaffee, Custer, Fremont and Lake Counties. To receive assistance, applicants must be able to show they are having difficulty make their mortgage or rent payments due to a loss or reduction of income caused by COVID-19. Additional restrictions may apply. For more information or to apply, call (719) 269-7687 Additional Programs: Home Loan Improvement... Read More
Masks and Social Distancing Required
2020-05-18 | Fremont County Department of Public Health & Environment
Effective Monday, May 18, 2020, at 7:00 a.m., Fremont County buildings will reopen to the public for walk in public traffic subject to PUBLIC HEALTH and SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIREMENTS. All persons admitted to the building shall observe state requirements and guidelines for social distancing including 6-foot separation distance, thorough sanitizing, wearing of masks and other precautions as are required by Public Health, Commissioners, Executive Orders, Public Health Orders and such other requirements and guidelines as may be instituted in the future. We ask all visitors to be patient as we transition to reopening and to follow the requests of County... Read More
COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
Phase 1
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Winter 2021
1A
Highest-risk health care workers and individuals:
- People who have direct contact with COVID-19 patients for 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period.
- Long-term care facility staff and residents.
1B.1
Coloradans age 70+, moderate-risk health care workers, first responders
- Health care workers with less direct contact with COVID-19 patients (e.g. home health, hospice, pharmacy, dental, etc.) and EMS.
- Firefighters, police, COVID-19 response personnel, correctional workers, and funeral services.
- People age 70 and older. (can now schedule their COVID-19 vaccine)
1B.2
Coloradans age 65-69, PK-12 educators and child care workers in licensed child care programs, and state government:
- Child care workers in licensed child care programs, teachers (full-time and substitutes), bus, food, counselors, administrative, safety, and other support services offered inside the school.
- Members of the executive and judicial branches of state government (members of the legislative branch have already received access to the vaccine).
- People age 65-69. (can now schedule their COVID-19 vaccine)
Schedule Your COVID-19 Vaccine
1B.3 NOT ACTIVE AT THIS TIME
Frontline essential workers and people age 16-64 with two or more high risk conditions:
- Frontline essential workers in food and agriculture, manufacturing, U.S. postal service, public transit and specialized transportation staff, grocery, public health, frontline essential human service workers, faith leaders, direct care providers for Coloradans experiencing homelessness, and essential frontline journalists.
- People age 16-64 with two or more comorbidities as listed: Coloradans with cancer (defined as patients who are currently receiving treatment or have received treatment within the last month for cancer), chronic kidney disease, COPD, diabetes mellitus, Down syndrome, specific heart conditions (heart failure, cardiomyopathies or coronary heart disease, and severe valvular/congenital heart disease), obesity (BMI of 30 or more), pregnancy, sickle cell disease, solid organ transplant, disabilities that prevent mask-wearing.
Phase 2
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Spring 2021
People age 60-64, people with high risk conditions, and the continuation of operations for state government and continuity of local government:
- People age 60 to 64.
- People age 16 to 59 with with one comorbidity as listed: Coloradans with cancer (defined as patients who are currently receiving treatment or have received treatment within the last month for cancer), chronic kidney disease, COPD, diabetes mellitus, Down syndrome, specific heart conditions (heart failure, cardiomyopathies or coronary heart disease, and severe valvular/congenital heart disease), obesity (BMI of 30 or more), pregnancy, sickle cell disease, solid organ transplant, disabilities that prevent mask-wearing.
- Local continuity of local government defined as executives of those branches of government and a limited amount of essential support staff needed to provide for continuity of government.
- Continuation of operations for state government is defined as those individuals defined by continuity of operations plans that each agency holds to continue to provide services.
- Adults who received a placebo during a COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial.
Phase 3
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Summer 2021
General Public:
- Anyone age 16-59 without high risk conditions.
